Examples of How the Gift of Administration Can be Used with or without being in a Position of Leadership<\/h2>\n
Servant #1:<\/strong>\u00a0 This person came alongside of his pastor who was not administratively inclined in a way that made the pastor look more efficient.\u00a0 He coordinated tasks behind-the-scenes, reminding the pastor of the various details that needed attention.\u00a0 He was not on staff, nor had any kind of title for what he did.<\/p>\n Servant #2<\/strong>:\u00a0 This person took on a volunteer position as the Director of VBS in her church.\u00a0 She planned, recruited, and coordinated all the various facets of Vacation Bible School.\u00a0 During VBS you wouldn’t have even known she was at the helm as she continued to work behind-the-scenes making sure everything went smoothly … and it did.<\/p>\n Servant #3:<\/strong>\u00a0 This person, me, worked full-time in a church as a Director of Christian Education. Prior to working for the church I revamped their children’s ministry, investing many hours into planning strategies to implement a more discipleship-oriented ministry.\u00a0 I was not\u00a0their Children’s Director, simply someone who volunteered time to get it off the ground and delegated responsibilities to others.\u00a0 Now, as Director of Ministry Tools Resource Center, I continue to find myself planning, organizing, and coordinating efforts to efficiently use the resources and means God has given the ministry to help equip others.<\/p>\n All of these servants have the spiritual gift of administration but they are not all in leadership “positions” or roles.\u00a0 They would not all be labeled as administrators but nonetheless do administrative work.<\/p>\n Lesson to be learned:<\/em><\/p>\n Let’s be careful we do not pigeon-hole the use of spiritual gifts<\/a> into positions.\u00a0 A spiritual gift can be used in a paid or volunteer position, full or part-time.\u00a0 A spiritual gift can be used by someone with or without a title, in a recognized ministry position or not.<\/p>\n The Spiritual Gifts of Administration Defined: . . .![\"Ministry](\"https:\/\/mintools.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/MinistryHandbookSamples-sm.jpg\")
<\/a>Get this example of the ways the spiritual gift of administration can be used, along with 20 other gifts, in the Ministry Handbook: Spiritual Gifts in Use<\/a><\/strong>. In addition, the handbook suggests spiritual gifts most typically used in 16 broad ministry areas and 27 specific tasks that may need to be accomplished in most of those areas.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
\nServant #1: This person came . . . Continue reading I Know Some Servants . . . with the Spiritual Gift of Administration<\/span>